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...blocked by dams - the other is Tibet's Yaluzangbu - and environmentalists want to keep it that way. But China is hungry for energy, and with the country choking on its addiction to highly polluting coal, Beijing has mandated that more power should come from renewable sources. The fast-flowing Nu offers vast potential for hydropower. The local government sees dams as a way to boost tax revenue and raise the incomes of the local people, who earn less than half of the national average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Damming China's River Wild | 6/10/2008 | See Source »

...selling traditional food instead of bite-size imports like chicken nuggets, Teremok has grown into Russia's fourth largest fast-food chain. Only McDonald's, Rostik's-KFC (a joint venture with Kentucky Fried Chicken) and the pizza chain Sbarro are larger. Teremok anticipates $110 million in revenue this year, up from $63 million last year, and the company may soon expand into the U.S. and Western Europe. Mikhail Goncharov, 37, Teremok's founder, has big plans for the humble pancake. "We think blini could be for Russia what pizza is for the Italians," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Czar of Crepes | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

...time, fast-food chains were scarce in Russia. McDonald's, a pioneer in Russia, was a model, particularly for its cleanliness and sanitary procedures. "The quality in the Moscow McDonald's is really high," Goncharov says, adding that Teremok strives to match or exceed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Czar of Crepes | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

...eighteen months later. What happens in between requires no great effort on the part of the risk-minimizers—besides a well-developed ability to convince themselves that they will be far better positioned to give back to the world from the comfort of a large house and fast...

Author: By Brian J. Rosenberg | Title: Risking It All | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

...points behind Hillary Clinton in polls. His above-the-fray brand of politics just wasn't getting the job done, and some of his top moneymen were urging him to rethink his strategy, shake up his staff, go negative. You'd better get here, Pritzker told Obama. And fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Obama Did It | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

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